Top 20 of 2008: Sith Infiltrator with Darth Maul

I love Legos. I love Star Wars... specifically the sith. This is another perfect toy marriage. Great toy line, great franchise. Perfect toy.

The story behind this set is even better though. My wife was in Boston for a photo shoot. While killing time in the mall she calls me and says they have a Lego store. I excitedly ask her to visit it for me to see if they have any exclusives. Lo and behold she finds a Sith Infiltrator with Darth Maul. The same set that sells for over $80 on ebay she found for list price... absolute insanity. She not only brought this set, but a set of humans for Scrappy and I to play with. Yeah, she's awesome.

Top 20 of 2008: Lego Indy

One of the best things about Indiana Jones and The Curse of the Crystal Skull was that it re-raised public awareness of Indy and allowed new great figures to be created. One of these series was the Lego Indy series (which was also followed by a Lego Indy PS2 game).

As soon as I saw this figure I knew I had to have it. It was based on my favorite Indy film (The Last Crusade) and came packed with Indy's dad (Sean Connery) on a motorcycle with sidecar. Easily one of the best and most fun figures of the year.

Lego Masterpieces... Part 2

I've been a little lazy and haven't created a logo for my Lego posts, but I assure you. one is coming.

Here is the second Lego Star Wars piece we put together. Boba Fett's Slave 1. This was a little more complex than the Snow Speeder, but more fun. This was another set that sat in the closet for close to 5 years. With the Lego craze in full effect, we built it. It probably took us around 2 hours to build (which in 7 year old time is like a week) but it was well worth it. The Slave 1 looks great and the Lego Boba Fett is one of the best figures ever. It even has a Carbonite frozen Han (not pictured).



Scrappy as hand model in her room. Superman and Cheetah Girls posters visible behind her.

Lego Masterpieces Part 1

One of the best things about freelancing full time this summer is that I was able to spend a ton of time with Scrappy. One of the first things we did in early summer was finish playing the Lego Star Wars video game. I can honestly say it was one of the most fun video games of my entire life. We all know the stories but playing them in a fun cutesy Lego version made it a ton of fun for the whole family.

Discovering that Scrappy actually liked the Lego Star Wars game reminded me that I had a few unbuilt old Lego Star Wars sets. I figured what the hey, why not give it a shot. Scrappy had some Duplo blocks when she was really young, but really didn't pay attention to them. So I broke the Lego set out of the closet and so a new craze was born.



This was a Empire Strikes Back Snow Speeder that spent years in my closet. Now it was finally built and being played with, because we were all in love with Legos again. For that we have the Lego Star Wars video game to thank.